This One Thing Affects Productivity More Than Anything Else
In the last decade, bosses and business owners have been dealing with an interesting phenomenon not previously prevalent in the everyday culture of the typical office and workplace.
Baggage.
What’s different? Social media has provided a platform to share life’s challenges in public ways.
Whether personal or professional, this baggage plays a public role and more leadership teams are faced with the challenge of helping employees stay productive - despite personal and professional challenges.
As a high performance author and speaker, I’ve been training organizations and teams on productivity, goal setting and motivation since 2009. We’ve seen a significant shift in the effects of everyday challenges and productivity, and through our research have found something interesting…
Happiness and resilience training effects productivity and employee engagement MORE than productivity training effects productivity and employee engagement.
Check out this video on the Plastic Bag Principle here.
About Michelle:
Michelle McCullough got her first Franklin Day Planner at twelve and started her first business when she was nineteen, and currently runs three companies including consulting other businesses and leaders all over the world. She’s the author of four best selling books including the The HappyIST, Make It Happen Blueprint and The Time Blueprint for Entrepreneurs.
In addition to running her own consulting business and boutique digital marketing agency, Michelle is a seasoned speaker and corporate trainer, who teaches high performance, happiness and leadership strategies that boost employee engagement and retention. Since 2008, Michelle served as partner and managing director for Startup Princess, an international business and consultancy, listed by Forbes as “One of the top 10 resources for Women Entrepreneurs.” She’s worked with top brands like Visa Small Business, UPS Store, AWeber and more.
A sought-after speaker, she’s spoken for the Air Force Reserve, Goldman Sachs, Ancestry.com, Utah National Guard, among others. She’s been featured on entrepreneur.com, in the 40 under 40, Fox TV and NBC Affiliates and has been interviewed for television and radio over 200 times. She was named one of the Top 100 Small Business Influencers with Inc. Magazine, and Michael Gerber in 2015.
In addition to her business leadership and experience, Michelle is active in her community and industry where she serves on the board of the Utah Girls State program and served as president of the National Speakers Association Mountain West Chapter 2018-2019. Her own radio show “Make It Happen” entertains and educates business leaders weekly. Since its inception, the podcast has had over 1.5 million downloads.
P.S. Michelle’s middle name is Sunshine. (Honest!)